Faculty

Research Interests

Dr. Brown's research interests are in the area of alcohol and drug abuse across the life span. Her primary foci include models of clinical course for substance abuse, psychiatric comorbidity as well as neurocognitive and psychosocial factors influencing transitions out of alcohol and drug problems. In particular, Dr. Brown's current work focuses on factors integral to the etiology, progression and resolution of substance abuse, long-term impact of abuse of multiple substances, and generational differences in substance abuse and treatment outcomes.

Selected Publications

Brown, S. A., Inaba, R., Gillin, C. J., Stewart, M. A., Schuckit, M. A., & Irwin, M. R. (1994). Alcoholism and affective disorder: Clinical course of depressive symptomatology. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151 (1), 45-52.

Brown, S. A., Vik, P. W., Patterson, T. L., Grant, I., & Schuckit, M. A. (1995). Stress, vulnerability and adult alcohol relapse. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 56, (5), 538-545.

Brown, S. A., Gleghorn, A. A., Schuckit, M. A., Myers, M. G., & Mott, M. A. (1996). Conduct disorder among adolescent alcohol and drug abusers. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 57 (3), 314-324.

Brown, S.A. & Tapert, S.F. (2004). Adolescence and the trajectory of alcohol use: Basic to clinical studies. In R.E. Dahl & L.P. Spear (Eds) Adolescent Brain Development: Vulnerabilities and Opportunities, Volume 1021 of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 234-244.

Tomlinson, K.L., Tate, S.R., Anderson, K.G., McCarthy, D.M., & Brown, S.A. (2006). An examination of self-medication and rebound effects: Psychiatric symptomatology before and after alcohol or drug use relapse. Addictive Behaviors, 31, 471-474.

Brown, S.A., Anderson, KG., Schulte, M.T., Sintov, N.D. & Frissell, K.C. (2005). Facilitating youth self-change through school based intervention. Addictive Behaviors, 30, 1797-1810.